Respiratory health in Turkish asbestos cement workers: The role of environmental exposure

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 609-616

  Akkurt, Ibrahim ^a   Önal, Buhara ^b   Demir, Ahmet Uǧur ^c   Tüzün, Dilek ^d   Sabir, Handan ^b   Ulusoy, Lütfi ^b   Karadaǧ, Kaan Ö ^c   Ersoy, Nihat ^d   Çöplü, Lütfi ^c  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Natl Inst Occup Safety and Hlth   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Occupational Diseases Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Environmental; Health; Occupational; Respiratory; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CEMENT;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PLEURA DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; TURKEY;

EID: 33746762247     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20326     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Algranti E, Mendonca EM, DeCapitani EM, Freitas JB, Silva HC, Busaccos MA. 2001. Non-malignant asbestos-related diseases in Brazilian asbestos cement workers. Am J Ind Med 40:240-254.
2. American Thoracic Society. 1987. Standardization of spirometry, 1987 update. Am Rev Respir Dis 136:1285-1298.
3. Asbestos International Association. 1982. Reference Method for the Determination of Airborne Asbestos Fibre Concentrations at Workplaces by Light Microscopy (Membrane Filter Method). AIA Health and Safety Publication, Recommended Technical Method No. 1 (RTM 1). London: Asbestos International Association.
4. Baris I. editor. 1987. Asbestos and erionite related chest diseases. Ankara, Turkey: Semih Ofset Mat Ltd. Co.
5. Baris I. 1991. Fibrous zeolite (erionite)-related diseases in Turkey. Am J Ind Med 19:374-378.
6. Baris YI, Bilir N, Artvinli M, Sahin AA, Kalyoncu AF, Sebastien P. 1988. An epidemiological study in an Anatolian village environmentally exposed to tremolite asbestos. Turkey Int J Cancer 39:10-17.
7. Becklake MR. 1991. Asbestos and other fiber-related diseases of the lungs and pleura. Distribution and determinants in exposed populations. Chest 100:248-254.
8. Becklake MR. 1993. Epidemiology, prevalence and determinants. In: Bernstein IL, Chan-Yeung M, Malo J-L, Bernstein DI, editors. Asthma in the workplace. New York: Marcel Dekker. p 29-59.
9. Becklake MR. 1994a. The workrelatedness of airways dysfunction. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Epidemiology in Occupational Health. DHHS (NIOSH), Publication No. 94-112, 1-28.
10. Becklake MR. 1994b. Symptoms and pulmonary functions as measures of morbidity. Ann Occup Hyg 38:569-580.
11. Begin R, Boileau R, Peloquin S. 1987. Asbestos exposure, cigarette smoking, and airflow limitation in long-term Canadian chrysotile miners and millers. Am J Ind Med 11:55-66.
12. Coplu L, Dumortier P, Demir AU, Selcuk ZT, Kalyoncu F, Kisacik G, DeVuyst P, Sahin AA, Baris YI. 1996. An epidemiological study in an Anatolian village in Turkey environmentally exposed to tremolite asbestos. Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol 15:177-182.
13. Dumortier P, Coplu L, DeMaertelaer V, Emri S, Baris I, DeVuyst P. 1998. Assessment of environmental asbestos exposure in Turkey by bronchoalveolar lavage. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 158:1815-1824.
14. Dumortier P, Göcmen A, Laurent K, Manco A, DeVuyst P. 2001. The role of environmental and occupational exposures in Turkish immigrants with fibre-related disease. Eur Respir J 17:922-927.
15. Hessel PA, Melenka LS, Michaelchuk D, Herbert FA, Cowie RL. 1998. Lung health among plumbers and pipefitters in Edmonton, Alberta. Occup Environ Med 55:678-683.
16. Hnizdo E, Murray J, Sluis Cremer GK, Thomas RG. 1993. Correlation between radiological and pathological diagnosis of silicosis, an autopsy population based study. Am J Ind Med 24:427-445.
17. ILO. 1989. International Labour Office. Guidelines for the use of the ILO international classification of radiographs of pneumoconiosis, revised edition. Geneva, Switzerland: ILO Occupational Safety and Health Series. No 22.
18. Kilburn KH. 2000. Prevalence and features of advanced asbestosis (ILO profusion scores above 2/2). Arch Environ Health 55:104-108.
19. Knudson RJ, Lebowitz MD, Holberg CJ, Burrows B. 1983. Changes in the normal expiratory flow-volume curve with growth and aging. Am Rev Respir Dis 127:725-734.
20. Miller A, Lilis R, Godbold J, Wu X. 1996. Relation of spirometric function to radiographic interstitial fibrosis in two large workforces exposed to asbestos, an evaluation of the ILO profusion score. Occup Environ Med 53:808-812.
21. Pearle J. 1981. Exercise performance and functional impairment in asbestos-exposed workers. Chest 80:701-705.
22. Selden AI, Berg NP, Lundgren EA, Hillerdal G, Wik NG, Ohlson CG, Bodin LS. 2001. Exposure to tremolite asbestos and respiratory health in Swedish dolomite workers. Occup Environ Med 58:670-677.
23. Stayner L, Smith R, Bailer J, Gilbert S, Steenland K, Dement J. 1997. Exposure response analysis of risk of respiratory disease associated with occupational exposure to chrysotile asbestos. Occup Environ Med 54:646-652.
24. Tossavainen A. 2003. Global use of asbestos and the incidence of mesothelioma. Int J Occup Environ Health 9:173-298.
25. Ulusoy L, Dinkcioglu M. 1999. Asbest TC Calisma ve Sosyal Guvenlik Bakanligi Isci Sagligi ve Is Guvenligi Merkezi (ISGUM), ISGUM basimevi, Ankara. (Asbestos, 1999. Publication of Workers Health and Safety Department of the Ministry of Labour of Turkish Republic, ISGUM Printhouse, Ankara.)
26. Yazicioglu S, Ilcayto R, Balci K, Sayli BS, Yorulmaz B. 1980. Pleural calcification, pleural mesotheliomas, and bronchial cancers caused by tremolite dust. Thorax 35:564-569.
27. Zejda JE. 1996. Occupational exposure to dusts containing asbestos and chronic airways disease. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 9:117-125.